People are way too concerned about layers of qualification beyond the highest relevant one.
Let’s assume that you’re not allowed into 2nd grade unless you pass all your classes in 1st grade. Then you can’t go to 3rd unless you pass 2nd, etc. If you know someone passed 12th grade, does it make sense to care if they passed 5th? One of two things is true: either they did, or they didn’t need to!
I think about that when I see job ads that want 10+ years of experience but also want a college degree. Why? If they have ten successful years in the industry, then either they have a degree that enabled that, or they didn’t need one!
This is just a reminder to not care about proxies when you can observe the direct thing in question.
